Shirt



Oct. 12, 1954 A. TENISONS SHIRT Filed Oct. 16, 1952 IN VEN TOR. FREDS TEN SONS ATTOR NEYS Patented Oct. 12, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHIRT Alfreds Tenisons, Bellefontaine, Ohio Application October 16, 1952, Serial No. 315,026

4 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to haberdashery and more particularly to shirts with cuffs.

A shirt usually becomes soiled at the cuffs due to the tendency of the cuff to pick up foreign material lodging on a surface on which the arm is momentarily resting. When this occurs in the case of an ordinary shirt, the latter has to be laundered even though the shirt, except the cuffs, may still be fresh and clean.

Again, it often happens after the shirt has been laundered, that the sleeve has shrunk, so that here again, in the case of an ordinary shirt, the latter can not further be used without discomfort and perhaps embarrassment to the wearer.

In my co-pending application Serial No. 315,025, filed October 16, 1952, there is disclosed a cuff construction which, incidental to providing a fresh, unsoiled edge at the folding line of a French cuff, also produces elongation of the cuff and therefore of the sleeve as a whole. However, in the present invention, this elongation is provided independently of the cuff and takes place at a position remote from the forward folding edge of the cuff.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a cuffed shirt in which provision is made for the wearer to present, in effect, a clean cuff in place of a. soiled cuff.

Another object is to provide a shirt having replaceable cuffs so that when one cuff has become soiled, the soiled cuff can be replaced by a clean cuff and thereby eliminate the necessity for immediate laundering of the shirt.

Another object is to provide a cuffed shirt with a reversible cuff in which a soiled cuff surface can be replaced by a fresh clean surface by reversing the cuff surface.

Still another object is to provide a cuffed shirt in which the cuff is constituted of two reversible cuff portions and is secured to a sleeve by an extension element which is held in a non-extensible position by temporary holding means.

A further object is to provide a cuff adapted to be detachably secured to the shirt and in which the cuff can be removed from the shirt and replaced by a second cuff in order to present a clean surface without immediate laundering.

Another object is to provide a cuff shirt in which the cuff includes an extensible member for lengthening the cuff when desired.

The final object is to provide a cuff adapted to be detachably secured to a shirt and in which the cuff not only can be lengthened in a position remote from the folding edge but also can be quired dress appearance.

reversed at the folding edge to present a clean surface when desired.

Other objects and features will be apparent as the specification is perused in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the improved cuff attached as by sewing to the wrist band of 'a shirt;

Figure 2 shows, also in perspective, the finished cuff as applied to a sleeve, the ends of the cuff being secured together by cuff links;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the cuff showing the extensive portion of the cuff when the latter is detachably applied to the shirt;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing the extensible cuff permanently secured as by sewing to the sleeve;

Figure 5 represents in perspective, the finished cuff of the type which is detachably secured to the sleeve, the lower corners of the cuff being pulled upwardly to expose the fastening means;

Figure 6 represents a plan view of the cuff attached to the sleeve either by permanently sewing or by the use of snaps and in which the cuff is temporarily held by removable stitches in a fore-shortened condition; and

Figure '7 is an end view of the cuff shown in Figure 6 and indicates the manner in which the outer cuff portion can be folded either upwardly or downwardly at the folding edge to provide a change in the external surface.

Referring to Figure 1, reference character I designates the sleeve of a shirt which is provided with a folded over and stitched wristband 2 in order to provide reinforcement at this point.

The cuff, which is generally indicated at 3 is of the folded back type usually designated as a French cuff and the lateral edges of the cuff, indicated at 4 are usually temporarily joined together by a cuff link 5 (Figure 2) to give the re- This cuff link passes through openings 6 at each end of the cuff as a Whole, and approximately midway of the length of the cuff as measured in the sleeve direction.

The cuff may be formed of two portions l, 3, the cuff portion l being shown on the outside of the cuff in Figure 1 although it will be understood that this cuff portion can be reversed and moved to the inside of the cuff, leaving the cuff portion 8 as the external surface element as will be explained hereinafter. The cuff portions 1, 8 are each preferably constituted of two thicknesses of sleeve material to give the proper stiff- HESS.

As shown in Figure 6 the cuff portions are integrally joined at the folding edge 9 and these portions are substantially rectangular except for inwardly extending and curved cut-away portions II] at each end of the folding line 9. The double thicknesses of material, which constitute the portion 1, 8 are sewed together as indicated at H, the line of stitches constituting a wide border around each of the portions, except at the folding edge 9 in which the stitches are deliberately; positioned close to the folding edge so as not to interfere with the neatness of the fold. The cuff portion 8 is made considerably wider than the portion 1 in order to provide a V-shaped extension [2 of which the lower layer of these tension may either be sewed to the wrist band 2" by stitches [3 as indicated in Eigure; or detachably secured to the Wrist band by aseries or snaps [4 indicated in Figure 5.

In order to hold the extension {2 in its pleated or non-extensible position as shown in Figure 7,

.iaseriesof. stitches 15 (Figure 4);.maybe. applied,

usually three or four stitchesin eachgrounand the. stitch. .groupsarepositioned .in. .four or five .places Ialongthe length.of...the.cuff as measured paralleLtothe-folding edge. These. stitches l5 .nmay be cutb-yinserting av knife-between the folds .16, ll .(Figsn3and 4),-.whereupon..the extensible members 12 can be elongated bythedouble length ..of...the.fold I'l,....thus giving. added. length to the ...cuff.-. member .8..in.the.. direction of thesleeve length.

It-.wi1l be apparentithatthestitches Iii-will hold --.the .accordionextension l2- ina tight or non-extensibleposition indefinitely :if. desired, so that a ..foreeshortened-..sleeve. length .may be obtained in thismanner.. .However, upon cutting. the stitches l5 and removing the looseends, the sleeve length .isincreased. bytwicethewidth of the fold I! and this .widthcan be madeone-half inch ormore as tdesired, so as .to add at least. aninch to thesleeve length.

-. The cuff portion his adapted .to be folded either Hover... the cuifportion l 8' as indicated. by the dot- ..dash lines 1 C in Figure '7 or may be folded under .the. cuff; portiontBaas indicatedat '1'..

Thus, when the cuff portion. Isis superposed on the cuff portion-F8. and the outer: surface. of" thecufi be- -comes soiled, it is v a .simple matter for the wearer .to remove-the cuff dink-5 and :then fold the cuff portion ..1 to a .positionnnderthe cuff; portion 8 in which case-the outer or upper surface of the cuff. portion, 8. .-now becomes. the-exterior surface. Thisfeaturegis ofconsiderable. benefit to persons whomaynot-havetheiinmediate facilities of laundering. the shirt when only the. cuffs become soiled, because in that. case it isnecessarymerely .to turn or. reverse the cuff 1. .fromthe: top to the tension at the same time that the fastened means which-may constitute the stitches I l or the snaps Marebeing-applied to the wristband 2.

1When the cufi3 is 'securedto the wristband in a detachable manner such as bythe snaps M or a'zipper or even buttons, the cuff as a whole can beremoved from the wrist band andthe cuff only be laundered, if the remainder of the shirt is still fresh and clean, so that considerable saving can be'made in laundry expense by utilizing the cuffs of the character disclosed herein. Howplace of a soiled surface and in addition, an extension is provided atthe wrist band end of the cuff by which the cuff, and therefore the length of the sleeve can be greatly increased by the expedient of cutting or otherwise removing a few groups of stitches l5. This extension feature is .equallyadaptable to the improved cuffs which are either. permanently sewed to the wrist band as shown in Figure 4 or are detachably secured to said band as shown in Figure 3.

It will be understood that various modifica- ..tions. and arrangements in structure could be made withoutdepartingfromithe spirit of my :inventionv and,-accordingly, Izdesire to:compre- ...hend-such;..modifications and substitutions of equivalents ascmay. be considered to comewithin thescope ofthe appended claims.

. Having 1 thus :fully described my invention,

.what Icclaim as: new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

. 1. Afold-ovencuif fora shirt, said cuff comprisinga first cuff-portiomxa second cuii? portion integral with said firstv cuff. portion, a cuff portion fold interconnecting said cuff portions, said cuff portionsfolded alongsideeach other along the cuff portion fold, a portion of-saidsecond .cuif: portion :projecting beyond the edge of said -first cuff .portionwhen'saidcuif portions are in the folded position, the length of said projecting portionbeing-lessthan thelength of said first cuff portion-saidprojecting portion folded in a .contra'cted position against said second cuff portion whereby said-folded projecting portion may be'unfolded to 'increasethe length of! the cuff,

said contracted projecting portion being adapted 1150' bedetachablyattached to a shirt sleeve.

. 2. A fold-overcuffyfor a shirt, said cuff com- ;;prising a first'cuff portion, asecond cuff portion integral with said firstpuifiportion, a cuff-portion. fold interconnecting said cuff portions, said cufi portionsfolded alongside eachother along wthecufi" portion fold,:a portion of said second cuff aportion' projecting beyond the edge of said first cufl portion when said :cuff' portions are in the folded position; the length of said projecting portion being lessthan the length of said first cuff portion;-said.projecting portion folded in alongside said second cuff portion-:on-a line coinciding --With-the edge of-said first cufi portion, said pro- I jectingportion.foldediagain outwardly so that the edgeof said projecting. portion coincides with the edge of said first cuff portion, stitching means to retain said. folded projecting portion in a contracted position whereby removal of said stitching means will permit the projecting portion to be unfolded thereby increasing the length of the "cuff, said contracted, projecting portion adapted "portion, a second cuff portion integral. with said first cuff portion, 'a cuff portion fold interconnecting said cufi portions, said cuff portions folded alongside each other along the cuff portion fold, a, portion of said second cuff portion projecting beyond the edge of said first cufi portion when said cuff portions are in the folded position, said projecting portion folded in alongside said second cufi portion on a line coinciding with the edge of said first cuff portion, said projecting portion folded again outwardly so that the edge of said projecting portion coincides with the edge of said first cuff portion, said folded projecting portion being less than the length of the first cuff portion, said folded projecting portion being detachably attached to said wristband.

4. A fold-over cuff for a shirt, said cuif comprising a first cuff portion, a second cuif portion integral with said first cuif portion, a cuff portion fold interconnecting said cuff portions, said cuif portions folded alongside each other along the cufi portion fold, a portion of said second cuff portion projecting beyond the edge of said first cuff portion when said cuif portions are in the folded position, said projecting portion folded in alongside the second cufi portion on a line coinciding with the edge of the first cufi portion, said projecting portion folded again outwardly so that the edge of said projecting portion coincides with the edge of said first cuff portion, said folded projecting portion being less than one-half of the length of the first cuff portion, said folded projecting portion being adapted to be detachably secured to the end of a shirt sleeve.

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